Automatic regulator for windmills.



No.-717,521. PAT-EDITED JAN. 6, 1903.

P. A. ANDERSON. AUTOMATIC REGULATOR FOR WINDMILLS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 13, 1902.

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OF STANHOPE, IOWA.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 717,521, dated January6, 1903.

' Application filed October 13, 1902. Serial No. 127,201. (No model.)

To a. whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1, PETER. A. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stanhope, in the county of Hamilton and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Automatic Regulator for Windmills, of whichthe following is a specification.

My object is to provide simple, strong, and durable automatic mechanismfor regulating a windmill, as required to prevent the overflow and wasteof water pumped into a trough for watering stock in a field, (be.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- The numeraldesignates the uprights, and 12 the cross-pieces, of the frame of aderrick for supportinga Wind-wheel and also my automatic regulatingmechanism. A metal bearer 13 for supporting an adjustable Weight 14 intheform of a round bar that has a head 15 is fixed to the lowercross-piece 12 in an upright position. A forward projection 16 at thetop and a forward projection 17 at the lower end of the part 13 areprovided with coinciding apertures for the passage of the bar 14. Alever 18 is fulcrumed to the cross-piece 12 by a pivot Ct, and pivotallyconnected with a reciprocating pump-rod 19 and 20 is a clamp pivotallyconnected with the short arm of the lever in such a manner that when theclamp is in its normal position the lever and pumprod will have freemotion. A frame consisting of an upright portion or lever 21, an arm 22at its top, an elbow-shaped arm 23 at its bottom, and an arm 24 at itsupper end portion is pivoted to the cross-piece 12 by a pivot b. Asecond clamp 25 is pivotally connected with the end of the elbow-shapedarm 23. The clamps 20 and 25 have coinciding apertures through whichtheround bar 14 is extended downward in such a manner that when theclamps are in their normal positions the clamps will be normallyretained in position as required to allow the rod 14 free up-anddownmotion through their coinciding aper-,

tures.

A lever 28 is pivoted to the upper c:ross piece 12 of the derrick-frameand its short arm connected with the top of the bar 14 by a rod 29 and aweight 30 adjustably connected with the long arm of said lever to serveas a counterpoise for the bar 14, and a rod 31 is connected with thelong arm of the lever 28 to be connected with a weighted lever combinedwith a wind-wheel at the top of the derrick in such amanner'that whenthe reciprocating motion of the bar14 is arrested the wind-wheel will bethrown out of gear with the pumping mechanism.

To arrest the motion of the reciprocating bar 14 and the pumping ofwater, a float 32 is suspended from the arm 24 of the pivoted frame toenter a water-trough 34, and a weight 35 adjustably connected with thearm 22 to balance the float in such a manner that when the water in thetrough rises high enough it will lift the float, so that the weight 35will vibrate the pivoted frame and throw the clamps 20 and 25 inposition as required to bind the bar 14 and stop its reciprocatingmotion, to thereby throw the'wind-Wheel out of gear with the pumpingmechanism, so that the elevating of water from a well into the troughwill cease until the Water in the trough is lowered so the float candescend again and actuate the pivoted frame and clamps, with which it isconnected, as required to allow the clamps to resume their normalpositions and to release the bar 14 as required for throwing thewind-wheel in gear again and starting the pump to replenish the troughwith water.

Having thus described the purpose of my invention and the construction,arrangement, and combination of all the parts, its practical operationand utility will be understood by persons familiar with the art to whichit pertains, and

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. Afixed metal bearer consisting of an upright having right-angled forwardprojections and coinciding apertures in said projections,

a bar fitted in said apertures, a lever pivotally connected with apump-rod, a clamp pivotally connected with the lever, a frame consistingof an upright having an elbow-shaped arm at its lower end, a clamppivotally connected with the end of the elbow-shaped arm, coincidingapertures in the two clamps, a coilspring fixed to the end of the upperclamp and to the upper forward extension of the fixed bearer and a rodpivotally connected with the upper clamp and slidably connected with thelower clamp and means for vibrating the pivoted frame having theelbow-shaped arm at its lower end, arranged and combined to operate inthe manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. An automatic regulator for windmills comprising a fixed bearer 13having projections 16 and 17 provided with coinciding apertures, a bar14- having a head 15, a lever 18 connected with a pump-rod 19, a clamp20 pivoted to the end of said lever, a pivoted frame consisting of anupright 21, an arm 22 at its upper end, a weight on said arm, anelbowshaped arm 23 at its lower end, an arm 2: at its central portionand a float suspended from said arm, a clamp 25 connected with the arm23, coinciding apertures in the two clamps, a coil-spring 26 fixed tothe projection 16 of the bearer 13, a link connected with the ends ofthe two clamps, a lever 28 connected with the bar 14 by a rod 29, aweight 30 on said lever and a rod 31 adapted to be arranged and combinedwith a derrick and a windmill in the manner set forth for the purposesstated.

PETER A. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

J. E. SOGARD, EMMA JOHNSON.

